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Thoughts By Max Lucado

2025-12-22

Following the Star

Question: How do you worship God? The wise men did. Before they gave God their presents, they gave their presence.

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2025-12-20

Prince of Peace

“His name will be...Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 Heaven opened herself and placed her most precious One in a human womb. The Omnipotent, in one instant, made Himself breakable. He who had been Spirit became pierceable.

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2025-12-17

He Was Reachable

Jesus was touchable, approachable, reachable.  And, what’s more, he was ordinary.  If he were here today you probably wouldn’t notice him as he walked through a shopping mall.

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2025-12-15

God With Us

The manger dares us to believe the best is yet to be. I love Christmas because it reminds us how“God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God!”

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2025-12-12

Let God Have You

How long has it been since you let God have you? I mean really have you?

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2025-11-27

Loving Like God Loves

Need more patience? Is generosity an elusive virtue? Having trouble putting up with ungrateful relatives or cranky neighbors? God puts up with you when you act the same. Luke 6:35 says, “But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.” 

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2025-11-25

Tender Words to the Tired Heart

Are you weary, here is what you need to know: it’s okay to rest. Jesus is your David. He fights when you cannot. He goes where you cannot. He’s not angry if you sit.

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2025-11-22

Touches of Tenderness

Moments of comfort from a parent. As a father, I can tell you they are the sweetest moments in my day. They come naturally. They come willingly. They come joyfully.

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2025-11-19

In God We (Nearly) Trust

A few days before our wedding, Denalyn and I enjoyed and endured a sailing voyage. Initially it was leisurely but then the storm came.

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2025-10-27

The Cure for Jealousy

What’s the cure for jealousy? Trust. The cause of jealousy? Distrust!

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2025-10-23

Taking No Chances

With God - chance is eliminated. Remember this. Nothing comes your way that has not first passed through the filter of God’s love.

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2025-09-26

“Thine is the Kingdom…”

Your role is to help the world, not save it. You aren't able to run the world, nor are you able to sustain it.

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2025-09-16

Let God Teach You

Jesus invites, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest… let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls” Matthew 11:28-29

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2025-09-12

Made for Heaven

Unhappiness on earth cultivates a hunger for heaven.  By gracing us with a deep dissatisfaction, God holds our attention.

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2025-08-12

You Have a Bible?

Do you have a Bible?  Read it! , “For the Word of God is living and active.  Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

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2025-08-11

When God Whispers Your Name

WHEN I SEE a flock of sheep I see exactly that, a flock. A rabble of wool. A herd of hooves. I don’t see a sheep. I see sheep.

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2025-08-07

Your Agenda

The tool of distortion is one of Satan’s slyest. It’s easy to forget who’s the servant and who’s to be served.

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2025-07-28

A Good, Healthy Struggle

God views your life with the same confidence.  He’s not only read your story, he wrote it.  His perspective is different, and his purpose is clear.  One of God’s cures for weak faith?  A good, healthy struggle.

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2025-07-19

All Hands on Deck

Right now, at this moment, the Spirit of the living God is talking to the rest of the Trinity about you.

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2025-07-12

We Can Trust God

When troubles come our way, we can be stressed and upset, or we can trust God. Scripture says to set your minds and keep them set on what is above…the higher things (Colossians 3:2). When giants are in the land, when doubts swarm your mind, turn your thoughts to God. Your best thoughts are God-thoughts. He is above all this mess!

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2025-06-24

Build Your House on the Rock

Remember Jesus’ parable about the two builders who each built a house? One built on cheap, easy-to-access-sand. The other built on costly, difficult-to-reach rock.

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2025-06-15

A Good Dad is “There” for His Children

Today is my first Father’s Day without a father. For thirty-one years I had one. I had one of the best. But now he’s gone.

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2025-06-11

A Love Too Heavy

  Hatred will sour your outlook and break your back.  The load of bitterness is simply too heavy.  Your knees will buckle under the strain, and your heart will break beneath the weight.

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2025-06-06

Words for Misfits

“. . .man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7

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